7. Those symbols are exertion of raw power. That's why flag is defended. That's why flag is fought.
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8. Let's take another symbol. Gay Pride Parades. On on hand, just symbolic events, don't effect policy.
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9. But imagine living in a city with no gay pride parades (i.e. entire world before 1970s and much of the world now.)
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10. The world sans gay pride parade is different than ours in more than just symbolic ways.
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11. Pride parades don't just celebrate gay rights, they expanded what is politically imaginable and hence politically possible.
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@thephatic gay pride is a momentary occupation of the public sphere, a yearly reminder that we will take the space we need2 replies 12 retweets 16 likes -
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13. In a still homophobic world, a pride parade is way of saying, "another world is possible.In this time & place we can live in the future"
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14. Let me suggest that the Confederate flag (or its absence) is like the pride parade: it helps shape what is imaginable & hence possible
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15. You have to imagine something before you can do it. Symbols, commemorations & public spaces shape the imagination.
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16. This is a little tangential but one thing conservatives are far better than liberals at is appreciating the role of symbols in politics.
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17. I'm getting some resistance from my pride analogy. Let me try & elucidate: both pride & fight against flag are about space public spaces
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18. One big reason to have Pride parades is to expand the safe public spaces where you can be openly queer.
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19. Getting rid of the Confederate flag in public buildings is also not just about symbols but making those safe public spaces for blacks.
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